If you load 10,000 geocaches on this unit as you are supposed to be able to, does it slow down a lot? I've heard mixed answers.
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I have not yet loaded geocaches on it. However, I do have this guidance - If you put an SD card in your Explorist and plug it into your computer, you will see two new devices: the Explorist native 4 GIG SD memory and the SD memory you just put into it. They are separate. You will notice the Explorist's 4 GIG SD comes about 75 percent full when new. When a computer disk exceeds 80 percent utilization, it starts slowing down. Above 90% utilization you have some real speed problems. Magellan could easily have put in an 8 GIG SD for a few bucks more, but they didn't. You can thank Magellan's Department of Dirty Tricks, the same department that put that useless, featureless map it comes with on it. I have not yet loaded geocaches on it. However, I do have this guidance - If you put an SD card in your Explorist and plug it into your computer, you will see two new devices: the Explorist native 4 GIG SD memory and the SD memory you just put into it. They are separate. You will notice the Explorist's 4 GIG SD comes about 75 percent full when new. When a computer disk exceeds 80 percent utilization, it starts slowing down. Above 90% utilization you have some real speed problems. Magellan could easily have put in an 8 GIG SD for a few bucks more, but they didn't. You can thank Magellan's... » Read More I have not yet loaded geocaches on it. However, I do have this guidance - If you put an SD card in your Explorist and plug it into your computer, you will see two new devices: the Explorist native 4 GIG SD memory and the SD memory you just put into it. They are separate. You will notice the Explorist's 4 GIG SD comes about 75 percent full when new. When a computer disk exceeds 80 percent utilization, it starts slowing down. Above 90% utilization you have some real speed problems. Magellan could easily have put in an 8 GIG SD for a few bucks more, but they didn't. You can thank Magellan's Department of Dirty Tricks, the same department that put that useless, featureless map it comes with on it. « Show Less
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I personally don't geocache, but I can tell you that many of the members of the magellaninsiders website have reached or exceeded that number and would be very willing to share their insights. I can tell you that Magellan is the only one for which there is a 'user alteration' that will allow you even more than the stated limit for waypoints and tracks (and presumably geocaches). I will look for your post at magellaninsiders.
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I have short time this unit, i have not that number of geocaches yet, sorry i can't help you
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This unit has the capability of an micro SD card. The caches info, pictures and video are held there. It doesn't slow it down at all.
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It works as a large drive. I don't have the continued experience of the drive speeding up. But it works!
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If the cell phone signal is weak it works slower and maps load slower. I have not had any big problems with performance due to weak cell phone signal.
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While I am still getting used to this system I was shown the other day at a geocaching meeting how to enter coordinates so if you were hiking you could enter the coordinates for where you wished to hike, but it will only show you how to get there "as the crow flies". It's not like a regular GPS in your car that follows roads & highways. May not be suitable for hiking because of this.
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To my knowledge, the "slow" version simply moves less often. I have always used the slow version (which moves every 10-15 seconds, at least for me) and it has worked like a charm! No more having to enter multiple passwords every time I come back to my desk after a five minute ladies room break!
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It is actually not really slow. All the speeds are pretty fast, unfortunately.
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Yes, I've done that and it works well. The one thing that I would say though, if you have too many directories on the drive it can be clumsy trying to get to what you are looking for, but if you don't go too crazy with that you'll be fine.
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Yes. But you have to download the caches from a computer before you leave for a trip. I am NOT super computer literate, but my son downloads for me. Also, my iPhone words better than my husband's Android for geocaching.
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Yes, it saves in memory that doesn't require power to store data. It will hold the 3 locations you mark indefinitely unless you overwrite by marking a new location. Good question!
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It does Geocaching and I believe you enter Long and Lat to find the sites, but I have never Geocached.I hope this helps
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I believe it does but I have not used this feature. I use it mainly for geocaching.
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Sorry, I can't help you because I've never tried geocaching. I use it for work; I'm an archaeologist. It works great for mapping our test units, so I imagine it would work well for your purposes.
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Hey M. , Did you add Mapping solfware yourself ? If you did, you have to have the solfware Settings , set for the GPS unit. Mapping setting have to match. Not sure where but it should say something about downloading maps to the unit. A friend of mine didn't have the setting matching and we were off about 1/4 mile. This is not good when out hunting.
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In geocaching I've had very good success getting close to ground zero, although thick tree cover does sometimes cause the Magellan to take a little time to zero in on my location. You can put in latitude and longitude by adding a waypoint. It's pretty easy to do, but not the most intuitive thing to figure out the first time you try it.
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Sorry to say I didn't keep it long enough to find out. Tried it once in British Columbia while on vacation but we never found the cache.
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I don't know whether it will load or not. The map is really crappy and did not find a lot of the towns we went through. I was using a Garmin GPS and the base map that was loaded in the unit was much better than the one I bought. It was a total waste of money. Live and learn.
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I've had no issues with the speed of the unit. It really depends on the drives you use.